Improvement in dinner-fail



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Letters Patent No. 91,168, dated Jet-ne 8, 1869.

" o all whom it 'ma/y concern:

Be it known that l, MORITZ SAULsON, of Troy, in the county ofRensselaer, and State of New York, have y inventeda new and -improvedDinner-Fail, of which the following is a full and exact description,which will enable others skilled in the art to make and nnderstand thesame, reference being had to the accom- `panying drawings, making a partof this specification,

I in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central section. Figure 2 is acentral -section of the removable vessel B", as in fig. 1. z Figure 3 isa side, ands I Figure 4, a top view ofthe canteen herein mentioned.

Figure 5 is a side view of the removable legs L, tig. A3, when claspedtogether.

Like letters refer to corresponding parts in the various figures.

i The nature of my invention consists in the const-ruc- `tion,arrangement, and combination ofthe various parts of a diunerpail, ashereinafter more fully described.

A is the body of a dinner-pail, such as is commonly made of sheet-metal.

B is a removable vessel, which is supported in the 1 `body ofthe pail A,some distance from its bottom, by the outer edge of bottom of tze vesselB, resting upon the circular-bent wire C, which wire C is made so as .tospring outwardly, and into the grooves D.

Bythis means the vessel B forms a receptacle for p the moist portion ofthe solid food, while that portion of the pail beneath the vessel B canbe used for bread and other dry portions of the food.

The grooves D are formed on ,the internal circumference of the walls ofthe pail A, and arranged one A above another, so that the space betweenthe bottom of the pail A and the bottom of the vessel B can be increasedor diminished .at/pleasure.

The vessel B is -provided with a handle, or bail, E, the ends of whichare attached `to the inner and upper I part of the vessel, at crso thatthe handle may be turned down into the vessel, as shown in iig. 1. .t Fisa removable closed vessel, or canteen, the lower edge of which, wheninserted into the pail, rests upon i the upper edge ofthe vessel B.

` the pail A.

`On one side of the upper` surface of the canteen is a suitableperforation, G, provided with a short spout or raised rim, c, over whichrim c is tted a cover, or

. cap, H, to prevent the liquid in the canteen from beingeasily-spilled, or poured out by the tipping or swinging of the pail. y

The canteen is also provided with a small ring, or

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

handle, I, attached to its top, as shown in figs. 3 and 4, whereby thecanteen can be used as a cup in drinking out of it.

On the upper surface of the canteen F is also a sha1- low dish, orvessel, J, which slides into a casing, K, which vessel can be divided orset oli by partitions, d, so as to contain salt, pepper, mustard, &c.

In ordinary dinner-pails, the tea, coii'ee, or other duid is put in thebottom of the pail A, and in warming the same; the vapor arisingtherefrom almost invariably moistening the food, thereby making it lesspalatable. Although this canteen is'inserted in the pail for the purposeof obviating this diiculty, by taking it from the .pail and heat ing itupon a stove, or similar means, still it often occurs that the mechanicor laborer is at work on the road-side or other place where he cannotthus handily warm his drink. y

In 4order to meet this emergency, I provide the canteen F with removablelegs, or supports, L, so that by pouring a small quantity of alcohol, orsimilar combustible fluid, into the salt-dish J, or cap H, and ignitingthe same under thecanteen, thus supported, the drink can be readilywarmed.

When the'legs L are not needed, they may be taken from the canteen andkept together by the clasp, or band M, (see tig. 5,) and the samecarried in the pocket or in the pail.

I am aware that inner vessels have been inserted in dinner-pails for-thepurpose of receiving certain portions of the food; but I do not know orbelieve that such vessels were ever provided with hinged hails. orhandles, as B, herein described.

I am also aware of canteens being used in dinnerpails for the purpose ofcontaining the liqpidportion ofthe food but I do not know that suchcanteens were everprovided with the ilange b, for the purpose ofsupporting them ilr their place in the top ofthe pail, or provided witha ring, lor handle, I, so that the canteen can be used in drinking outof it as an ordinary drinking-cup, or p'rovided with supports, or legs,L, for the purpose herein set forth.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the pail A, of the inner vessel B, providedwith hinged bail E, as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the pail A, ofthe canteen F, provided with theflange b and ring I, and removable standards or legs L, as herein shownand described, and for the purpose set forth.

Signed by me, this 1st day of May, 1869.

MORITZ SAU'LSON.

Witnesses:

PHILIP F. MILLER, J. THORN GOODFELLOW.

